Space Buddies

by fractal

co-authored: @filgru

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.46

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.29

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.02

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.08

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.98

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.27

Protect your astronaut and go deeper and deeper into space to collect the screws needed to repair your spaceship!

This game is designed to be played on mobile, but could possibly be played with a mouse if needed.

Tap and release to fire, holding down to increase your precision and adjust the direction.
Swipe up to use your hand to grab screws and power ups.
And if you have the laser, hold down as long as you want!

Credits:
- Art and animations by Filip Grudziel
- Programming by Guillaume Brunerie
- Music and sounds come from a Humble Bundle of music and sound effects

Tools: Phaser

Comments47

VainCil27 Apr 2021, 08:29

Awesome! Somehow I keep shooting at screws and grabbing rocks… Great mechanics and the difficulty seems perfectly balanced, and I barely even reached level 2! Great graphics and music too!

eharp27 Apr 2021, 23:28

Neat concept. Had a hard time with the controls, took me a while to figure out the hook worked and never managed to hook something on purpose. The graphics and sound we were really nice!

DallOner28 Apr 2021, 00:42

Simple, Fun and have replayability as hell! My comments from Web version (been playing on PC) the controls are a little slowdown for the pacing of the proposed gameplay, i know if u improve that with maybe slow-motion or be more fast shooting will be awesome.

An issue, if you right click on the game you can do the same much faster, but you open the browser's inspection menu (which is a bit annoying).

Whatever, really cool entry! I had fun playing for a while. Thank you.

aTinyBean28 Apr 2021, 19:36

Very smooth and addicting gameplay. One of the most fun games so far. I could see this being a successful mobile game!

tyreyes3228 Apr 2021, 19:37

Art Assets are stellar!
My only complaint: why is the music off by default? It's a cool track!

Echosai28 Apr 2021, 19:38

Could definitely have some more intuitive controls, especially for PC, but I understand it's intended for mobile. Very fun and has a lot of replayability! Nice work on this :)

Flopo28 Apr 2021, 19:39

That would be a cool mobile game, I like the simple concept. I didn't know whether to collect the screws or shoot them.

J. Kyle28 Apr 2021, 19:43

Straightforward and fun! Nice art style. Looking at some of the comments, I need to play again with the music on!

EvilSock28 Apr 2021, 19:43

Game ig grate! Why does spaceman go down on the rope

Cannocchiale28 Apr 2021, 19:46

Nice game! Controls seemed a bit difficult to me (playing on a pc)

korfi28 Apr 2021, 19:52

I beat the game! Pretty fun and innovative idea, I really liked the art!

Dazrow28 Apr 2021, 19:53

Clean, simplistic and casual. Honestly just the type of game i'd go for as a jam dev. I enjoyed it quite a lot.
As for improvements - maybe make a cooldown for series of shots? At some point I was just able to spam click and destroy all of the obstacles in a flurry of shots, so not that much challenge was left for me haha
Anyway, solid work! Good luck!!

foxy28 Apr 2021, 20:01

I struggles with controls idk maybe it'd have been bette if you blast on left click and pull on right click. Pull mouse up most of time just went out of bounds of the screen and cause fire instead of pulling which was upsetting.

I really liked art and music :heart: May be a good mobile game I guess, cause of addinctive gameplay~

Bulmanator28 Apr 2021, 20:08

Nice little game with a fun gameplay loop. The artwork looked great as well!

curryrice29 Apr 2021, 10:47

Very fun entry! I played on computer but as precised the feeling would be even greater with a touch screen for sure! The game is well polished, very good job!

Frostfall29 Apr 2021, 10:50

Nice work, fun and simple arcade game with an enjoyable hook. Great job!

Neowise0629 Apr 2021, 10:53

Nice game, love the concept fits the theme well done

Lucky-Trident29 Apr 2021, 20:11

The graphics are beautiful !The concept is simple yet addictive !
Of course, playing on a PC, using the hook is delicate. But shooting with the droid is super fun.

The soundtrack is super fun... Maybe you should have activated it by default for the gamejam... It's a shame not that many people will hear it...

DragonsBeardGames29 Apr 2021, 22:58

Great game! Graphics were really nice and I loved the music and sounds. The controls were tricky but had a good time!

techsec29 Apr 2021, 23:04

Straightforward mobile game with some pretty sick graphics and music.

MetalFox Dioxymore29 Apr 2021, 23:08

Nice concept ! The mix crane/shoot is a nice twist on all the classic space shooters !

mpetrus29 Apr 2021, 23:13

Wow very nice

Edward Dassmesser29 Apr 2021, 23:14

I played this for far too long.

bereg30 Apr 2021, 07:15

Adorable simple game. Of course, it needs some polishing: add more animation, more pick-ups, different bonuses, the sense of progression. But overall it's already fun to play and the art is just amazing. Well done!

Préda30 Apr 2021, 11:13

Fun little game

nosfer30 Apr 2021, 13:45

Finished! Quite fun but probably less frustrating on touch devices :)

Quite Good1 May 2021, 20:14

Nothing more terrifying than floating away into the vacuum of space. Thank you for giving us a laser blasting robot to protect ourselves with. Kind of... epic!

Attala2 May 2021, 19:23

Bonus points for graphics and music. Simple but engaging gameplay. Played on PC and suspects the experience is even better on mobile. Missing a volume slider for the music, but that's nitpicking :) Solid submission. Good job.

LDJam user 2365452 May 2021, 21:16

Really nice! The controls are unique but intuitive, and it's something that you can jump right into and start playing within a few seconds.

I would have preferred a volume slider to just a mute button. An alternate control scheme for the mouse (left click for laser, right click for hook for example) might be something to consider.

Great work!

OldDog3 May 2021, 09:52

not bad , but if I can controller tool not using mouse can be better~
:smile: nice job

Sasashasa3 May 2021, 17:26

Cool game. I really like the sound, it is completely consistent with the game.

wizard sino3 May 2021, 20:38

Th controls aren't great when it comes to mouse, but not bad.

cacciatc3 May 2021, 21:46

Nice job with the dual-purpose controls for deploying the crane and shooting lasers.

Caveman543 May 2021, 23:46

This is a very nice and polished game. It did lack a tutorial but it was overall pretty good. Good entry!

paulhocker4 May 2021, 02:58

this was a very nice polished game. i had problems with the controls, but i do not think it was because they were too difficult, it was just a little strange. perhaps just using left mouse for grab and right mouse for shoot might have worked better. holding the button and then selecting the option distracted from the fun of the game. overall nice game. thanks for making it.

thecoconutdream4 May 2021, 21:18

My favourite so far

Ryan Dotsikas5 May 2021, 00:38

Wow, awesome job! The polish on this is incredible! The art is phenomenal, from the gameplay itself to all of the menu screens! The controls were interesting to have to do both with the same swipe. I was playing on PC which made it a bit tough but I did get the hang of it. I had some trouble with the magnet and laser powerups because I would grab them but then nothing would happen so I wasnt sure if I was doing something wrong. But overall this was awesome, congrats!

Zeias5 May 2021, 17:36

A fun and simple arcade game. Good atmosphere and music. Good job !

foonghi5 May 2021, 19:28

The controls are a bit challenging at first, yet fun! good job! And thanks for the music :)

PROJECTaroid5 May 2021, 19:28

Fun game and really nice presentation. The looks and plays really nicely. Cool game!

Prof.Suarez6 May 2021, 00:03

Cool game! It was hard, but I'm going to try playing it on my phone. I like the concept.

BinaryPrinciple6 May 2021, 16:26

Nice game! The graphic are very good the feel of the controls on point and straight forward. Easy to understand and loose for a few minutes.
Nice entry!

blobo8 May 2021, 18:56

I really liked the aiming system! I don't much else to say- the artwork was great, I loved the music, and the way you hold down to focus was really cool! Really nice game.

astronautmikedexter9 May 2021, 10:09

Simple, fun game. Good job, I think the graphics were great! very well done, I found it a bit repetitive but the controls were fun and felt satisfying when you had something on the hook.

Ismael Rodriguez10 May 2021, 14:01

Cool game. I like the art, could be a little more animated. The space guy could be squashed and stretched, wiggle, or float around. The robot could squash and stretch with each shot (or not). More particle effects and overall juice could be turned up a bit.

The gameplay is interesting. It took a while for me to figure out what I was supposed to do. Holding shoot then moving up to grapple was a little awkward. Maybe it works better on mobile.

Overall a good entry. Good job!

MacDoom12 May 2021, 00:37

Great graphics and music. Why the audio is opt out? Was going to give 5 stars for the catchy tune. Fun game. Rather difficult to play on a laptop but at the third try I was already taking thos loose screws. Great entry!